including an oakland rapper. officers say a picture of 26-year-old ammar harris will be on billboards across southern nevada and include the southeastern part of the u.s. where harris once lived. he shot oakland rapper kenny "clutch" cherry. the shooting caused cherry to lose control of the maserati he was driving and crash into a taxi causing the taxi to explode killing the driver and his passenger. investigators in walnut creek pinpointing the cause of an overnight fire at an elderly care home. that blaze started just after 8:00 last night at the care home. early reports suggesting it ignited on a kitchen stove which then engulfed nearby cabinets. firefighters arrived and they were able to knock down those flames before it spread to other rooms in the home. an elderly person living inside that home was taken to the hospital for smoke inhalation.

five others are now doing fine. they are now staying at other care homes. >> san jose city council will take a look at plans to revitalize the city's japan town. it's a project that's been years in the making and not without a few bumps in the road. "today in the bay's" bob redell live in san jose with what's involved with those new plans. good morning, bob. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. it all centers on this five to six acre parcel of land that's right here in the heart of japan town. a spot that the city has wanted to re-vitalize for some time. years ago when we were out there as archaeologist excavated artifacts from that era and then this became the city's corporation yard but for the past several years it's sat dormant. dead concrete patch as you can see in the middle of what is a usually vibrant community. today san jose city council will decide whether or not to approve the basic redevelopment plans for this site and to give permission for staff to continue talks with a developer. the developer is williams and

dane development. they would like to build six buildings on here that would house 600 apartment units, retail space, green space for events like farmer's market and then what they call a center for the arts that would host local groups like the japanese drum group. >> this is a very special place. one of three surviving japan towns in the state of california. we know we have to get this right and it has to be right and not just for the developer or for the city but right by the community. >> reporter: it is taking years to get this right. years ago the developer seemed ready to build 12 story apartment buildings. the community was against it. they thought it wouldn't fit in because of the height and then the recession hit so the developer pulled out. it looks like they are trying to get back in and today if city council approves, it might happen sometime down the line sooner rather than later. reporting live in downtown san jose, bob redell, "today in the

bay." >> it is progress for the san jose earthquake officially starting new construction on the brand new stadium. the $60 million project started in october when they held guinness world record breaking ceremony. the 18,000 seat stadium is scheduled to be completed next spring. let's celebrate and dig a hole. >> all right. good day for getting out and digging maybe gardening a little bit. feels like spring. >> still not going to get me out there gardening. you, on the other hand, i can't wait to see how your garden grows. 36 degrees in livermore to start the day. 41 in san jose and 34 in gilroy. a cold start to the day but not too bad. not too bad at all. winds relaxed overnight. we don't have too much of a windchill factor. what you notice is winds are now coming out of the east and that's offshore flow which picks up today. the winds in combination with the dry weather we've had not

great when it comes to pollen levels. you're high right now. bay area is in bloom and so keep in mind that we'll have high pollen levels probably all of the way through the weekend until our next storm system rolls through and that would be late monday into tuesday of next week. 68 degrees today in livermore. we'll keep warming you up in the meantime. 65 for fremont. 65 in redwood city. the next couple days the storm tracks stays to the north. we'll let you know how much warmer in your city. warmest weather of the year so far on the way to the bay area. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. we'll take you out to fremont where we look at 880 and that moves smoothly. we're just picking up a few cars as you head southbound with those headlights past the truck scales there over on the right side of your screen. the map shows you the same area heading toward mission boulevard without slowing in either direction. mission boulevard is that connector. funnel i talk about. funneling 880 toward 680 or vice versa. heading to 880 from 680 to the are in, watch mission boulevard

onramp to northbound side currently has overnight construction. crews should be moving. slowing in the area but that should be cleared by the time you get there if you leave your house now. east 580 as you come toward greenville out of the livermore area and in toward the altamont pass. construction crews restrict lane flow that may cause slowing and westbound is your commute starting to build coming out of the altamont pass so more cars will be building over toward greenville but no slowing through livermore. we'll have a live look outside and show you across the bay san mateo bridge right side is westbound commute direction. very light right now. smooth drive over the high rise and toward 101 on the peninsula. back to you. it's 5:07. later today the former archbishop of san francisco will take off heading to rome to help vote for the next pope. before leaving, the cardinal addressed the controversy surrounding another california cardinal, roger mahoney. he's asking mahoney not to take

part in the papal conclave. >> he's the first one to have said and apologized in errors in judgment he made when the issues were first coming before him as a young bishop. >> tim says he was raped and abused by his parish priest when he was just 8 years old. he doesn't believe mahoney should help select the next pope. >> those kind of officials should not be part of the process of any decision of the hierarchy. they should be removed from the hierarchy. >> cardinal mahoney left for rome on saturday. the time is 5:08. san jose film festival kicking off this morning. we'll tell you who will be this year's big honoree. efforts in washington to make sure another cruise ship fiasco like happened earlier

this month does not happen again. palace of fine arts tucked in the corner. christina loren says a chilly start to the day but temperatures will be again spectacular. enjoy it out there. see you in a minute. [ wind howling ]

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welcome back on a tuesday morning. a look at the south bay spanning over san jose. the sun slowly starting to illuminate the skies out there which are going to be beautiful today as temperatures keep rising. christina loren along in a few to tell us about that. 5:11 right now. hewlett packard ceo meg whitman joined a group of republicans breaking from the party to support gay marriage. scott mcgrew says she's been hard to pin down on this issue. >> she has. when whitman game ceo of ebay way back in 1998, which in the gay marriage issue was an aeon going, whitman was one of the first executives to support benefits for domestic partners. her views changed. they marched far to the right

when she ran for governor of california as a republican supporting prop 8, which defined marriage as between a man and a woman. now she has joined a number of republicans in filing a friend of the court brief to the supreme court which is considering whether to strike down prop 8. she supports that idea. now, that brief was also signed by former president george w. bush and other prominent republicans. now technically a friend of the court filing is supposed to give judges more information and not act as an outside influence like a petition. but frankly they often do. yesterday we reported donald trump had written a strange tweet in support of yahoo! ceo marissa mayer reacting to news that mayer was ending work at home programs at yahoo!. trump said mayer is right in wanting women to come back in and no longer work from home. who knows what they're doing there. he has since deleted that tweet issued a new one changing the word wom to yahoo! employees.

the dow saw its worst loss since november on monday. let's check in with brian shactman this morning at cnbc world headquarters. good morning, brian. >> hey, scott. a lot of executives are chiming in on what marissa mayer did. interesting news out of yahoo! yesterday. in terms of stock futures, higher after yesterday's large sell-off triggered by the political fallout believe it or not in italy. no party was able to get a majority in elections to form a coalition government and that is ratcheting up worries about europe's ongoing debt crisis. europe markets at this hour are in the red as for us at home, we get data on home prices, new home sales and consumer confidence. the dow which came within 83 points of its all-time high yesterday closed down 216 points to 13,784. if you read after market headlines, you didn't get the whole story. it was the worst performance of the year. the dow hit a five-month high

and one-month low in the same session. nasdaq dropping 35 points to 3116. today may be calmer. scott, back to you. >> let's hope so. thank you much. remember back when the apps first came out for apple. kids would buy things in the app and end up with huge bills. apple seems to have settled that issue. we'll look at that coming up in just a bit. >> glad our kids are old enough for that. >> parents are happy about that. >> that and texts becoming unlimited. you know, things hopefully good tonight. they are gearing up for san jose's film festival kicking off tonight. get out the tails. the festival will feature actor harrison ford. >> look at that. >> christina loren is going to be out there tonight. whatever will she wear? i want wait to find out. it all starts at the california theater. christina will be on the red carpet and interaction with harrison ford.

don't i wish? after seeing "star wars" i'll never be the same. he's a stud. even today. you know what? it will be nice out there on the red carpet tonight. weather is going to allow for those sleeveless gowns. can't wait to see you out there coming out to opening night. we'll look at that forecast in just a minute. and it's important to know what will happen tonight as temperatures really drop like a rock once that sun goes down. santa rosa, almost to 70 yesterday. 69. 67 in gilroy. walnut creek hit 65. 63 in san jose. today a repeat performance. a weak disturbance crosses to our north and that's going to keep our temperatures from climbing today. however, tomorrow we climb as high pressure really gains strength. keep that in mind. today not even close to where we're headed. right now temperatures are in the 30s and 40s. by noon today we're headed toward 64 degrees in antioch. could be at 65 at lunchtime in fairfield rounding out the day in upper 60s, low 70s even on way to the warmest cities across

the bay. 68 for santa theresa. 64 in san francisco. all right. here it is. your official forecast. if you can get out there, come on down to california theater. a nice crowd. red carpet out there. temperatures will be comfortable. you will notice the difference. once the sun drops off, we start to drop off temperaturewise substantially into the 50s by about 7:00 p.m. we'll be at 58 degrees. clear conditions out there. if you can't make it out, our own jeff ranieri will be live out there and this is the 13-day event. 200 international films. we'll be talking about it for quite a while. 71 degrees on thursday. getting into the weekend, you can think about the weekend. it's tuesday. it's all right. 73 degrees on saturday. that's your beach day. sunday will be cooler and cloudier so if you want to hit the ocean before all of the tourists come in, it's not yet springtime. we're still in winter. do it saturday will be great. 5:16. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> good morning. i love that you have to remind folks in california we're still in winter because it feels like

spring. it's great. looking here toward the south bay where we have a nice smooth, easy drive as well. i don't have to remind you that it's still 5:17 coming up there. we're looking at northbound 101, 280, 87, all northbound routes good. light volume of traffic right now. we'll typically see north 101 off 680 start slowing in half an hour and traffic tuesday so i'm looking for heavily impacted morning commute for south bay as schools that it wewere off last are back today. hp pavilion sharks are playing. keep that in mind. over toward the peninsula southbound 101 and then down toward mountain view we do have road crews there. no slowing on sensors and live look out there. we'll show you southbound side has light volume of traffic with taillights away from us past university avenue. so that's the reason why there's no slowing where you lose one lane. northbound no delays. no restrictions all of the way up into san mateo. good stuff on the peninsula

side. east bay oakland 880 shows light easy traffic past high street with taillights past the construction zone and we'll end with a quick view of the east shore freeway. no delays here. we'll send it back to you. we do have breaking news that we're following this morning. a woman is dead after being hit by a car overnight and now san jose police are searching for the driver. officers say the woman was hit by a dark colored car on monterey road and bellevue avenue. the driver took off before they arrived. so far police have not released the victim's identity. our own marla tellez is headed to the scene this morning and will have a live update coming up. a cal swim coach being featured on oprah winfrey network later today sharing her story of surviving child sex abuse at the hands of a school teacher. kristen went public with her story just last year and she is suing the moraga school district claiming the district failed to

do enough to stop the abuse she was suffering through. she will be featured on "our america" starting at 10:00 p.m. a bay area congressman is calling for tougher regulations on cruise ships. he has asked for a hearing on cruise ship safety in the wake of the carnival "triumph" disaster. a fire knocked out power and left that ship adrift in the gulf of mexico for days. he wants to hear from cruise and travel companies, federal agencies and consumers trying to figure out how to prevent future mishaps. no scores, no accountability. earlier this month we exposed many silicon valley restaurants are keeping health inspection results a secret from you. the investigative unit did not stop there. now we take hidden cameras inside 50 popular restaurants all across the bay area to counties where restaurants are scored and required to post that information for all to see.

it is to force restaurants to clean up. we found just because it's a rule doesn't mean it's being followed. >> as long as it is available to guests to read it, it doesn't have to be in public view. we have to keep it up for a certain amount of days after that evaluation and then we can take it down as long as it is assessable again. >> the person that says they can take it down after a few days, that is totally incorrect. >> that was a manager. >> that is totally incorrect. >> why do you think so many restaurants aren't complying? >> i don't think it's a high priority for them or if they have a bad score, it's not something they necessarily want the customers to come see. >> tonight we take you inside well known eateries and show you which restaurants gave us bad information and how they really scored. that's coming up tonight at 11:00. coming up, was once enough for seth macfarlane? an early morning tweet that has a lot of people buzzing.

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it is tuesday morning. giving you a live look over sfo this morning with traffic slowly flowing out there starting to pick up on a tuesday morning. mike inouye will fill you in on the roads. christina telling us another beautiful day in the neighborhood ahead today. it's 5:23. jimmy kimball looking for a new guest after his performer canceled at the last moment. morrissy backed out after finding out a cast of "duck dynasty" was booked on the same show. he's an animal rights activist and could not appear alongside "animal serial killers." it's about a family that sells products to hunters and appar t apparently carries big swords. seth macfarlane's career over? he received mixed reviews after

sunday's award show but now he's tweeting about his experience. this morning macfarlane responded to a question from a fan on twitter. the fan asked if he would ever host oscars again and macfarlane replied, "no way. lotta fun to do it though." >> never say never. money talks. 5:24 right now. let's check things out. christina loren, sunshine also talks. >> we're all going to get paid abundantly in it. temperatures today looking good. 68 degrees inland. bayside, 66. you'll hit about 63 degrees in pacifica, half moon bay. head deeper south and hit santa cruz at 66 degrees today. we're getting closer to spring. temperatures are creeping up. another storm system on the way. we'll detail that for you. coming up, check your drive on traffic tuesday. good morning, mike. >> good morning. it is traffic tuesday like christina said. we're seeing a steady flow of traffic coming through the bay

bridge toll plaza. no stopping aside from folks having to pay cash. the backup not really anything to speak of right now. we'll show you the easy drive down the east shore freeway. there's your commute direction westbound marked with the arrow. we'll show you eastbound as well because there was a crash richmond pd cleared the scene now as you head up toward hercules. smooth flow in both directions for interstate 80 south of that carquinez bridge. we're looking at eastbound 580. construction crews having you go on. lanes restricted like last night. watch that. more of a restriction would be westbound just because you have so many cars coming in out of the altamont in toward livermore, it's slow down. orange means speeds down close to 50 and upper 40s at times as you come out of the altamont pass and slowing cropping up with morning commute starting for the tri-valley. back to you. time is 5:25. still to come, he was supposed to protect and serve but now he's in jail for allegedly attacking women. we'll tell you about the

sacramento cop that's now facing charges. plus a new video out of egypt after a hot air balloon carrying more than a dozen tourists crashes. now from the south bay that is a live look over san jose. i like this time of day. that's when colors mix together here.

new this morning, a cop arrested and accused of attacking a half dozen women and there could be more victims out there. >> all of a sudden a guy rushed into my younger son and he kind of almost tackled him down and tried to steal my purse. a mother's serenity stolen. how local police stepped in to help ease her pain. our warming trend continues

today. we'll let you know how high the mercury will climb where you live and we have a storm system on the way. lots to talk about in your full forecast. we expect more traffic on a tuesday but unexpected a new issue for 17 summit. we'll talk about that coming up. right now we'll talk about the bay bridge toll plaza there. that looks pretty easy sailing right now. again, as you are well aware, still very early out there on this tuesday, february 26th. this is "today in the bay." almost 5:30. thank you for joining us. good morning again. i'm jon kelley. >> i'm laura garcia-cannon. new this morning, at least 19 tourists died in egypt after their hot air balloon caught fire and crashed. an egyptian security official says there was a fire and an explosion and then the balloon just plunged from the sky into a sugar cane field near the ancient city. this is video near the city

where the balloon is reported to have crashed. tourists were from hong kong, japan, britain and france. two tourists have not been identified. one egyptian and one foreigner survived but are in critical condition. in a reversal of fortune, a west sacramento police officer now behind bars this morning facing charges of sexual assault and kidnapping. police say sergio alvarez used his position to take advantage of women. they accuse alvarez of pulling women over and then assaulting them. the alleged attacks happening while alvarez was in uniform in his patrol car. investigators have identified six victims, some were attacked multiple times. >> i'm just appalled and sickened that someone who was put in a position of trust would violate that trust in such an egregious and despicable manner. >> alvarez was put on

administrative leave in september and he's now been fired from the department. he's being held at the county jail. a fixture on the morning commute is long gone. police say longtime chronicle vendor died after suffering injuries from a recent mugging. christie smith joins us with more details on the search for the attacker. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you, laura. dallas ayers sold san francisco newspapers for at least 30 years. he was standing where we are at busy market and montgomery street. it was around 11:00 in the morning when police say that someone just threw him to the ground. he was 78 years old at the time. he was taken to a hospital here in san francisco. had stayed for several weeks in fact and suffered a serious hip injury but he later died. police are treating this as a homicide. the initial assault actually happened on january 28th and he died thursday. according to the chronicle he

worked near the montgomery b.a.r.t. station and people who knew him liked him a lot. i spoke with one vendor downstairs that say he was a quiet man and suddenly he was gone. a new person was there selling newspapers. one friend believes that the attackers may have tried to rob him because when his belongings were returned, his wallet was gong but police describe this as a battery. the suspect is described as a white male with a full beard, 35 to 40 years old, standing about 5'9", wearing a sweater and blue jeans and black shoes at the time. the actual newsstand is downstairs from where we are standing about two levels. we checked. still hasn't opened this morning. we'll see if we can find anyone that may have known him. reporting live in san francisco, christie smith, "today in the bay." now to a story you'll see only here on nbc bay area. a san jose mother right now thanking police and the community after she was robbed right in front of her children

on sunday night. sandra jimenez was walking to her apartment with two young boys when a 14-year-old boy pulled out what appeared to be real gun and stole her purse. police ultimately caught up with him an hour later. jimenez got her purse back and police decided to throw in something a little bit extra. some toys and shirts for the boys and several gift cards. >> we do this job to help people out. she's a prime example of a victim that needed help. we all got together and we made it happen. >> it feels amazing. it makes me forget about what happened and makes me feel good. >> after hearing this frightening story, a target department store donating a $100 gift card. jimenez says she's happy she and her boys are safe. >> that's good news. 5:33 right now. good news when it comes to the forecast. let's check in with

meteorologist christina loren. >> great news if you are looking for a clear sky, a beautiful start to the day. look at this. a gorgeous moon out there. you can clearly see the craters all of the features that you want to see on the moon but our camera is shaking around because it's windy out there. looks like i'm bouncing a ball. temperatures this morning are on the chilly side. if you are trying to travel, want to tell you off the bat because it's clear, no delays out of sfo or san jose. trying to get to the midsection of the nation or to the midwest is going to be difficult. we have a potent storm system headed that way. check ahead with your carrier. we expect numerous delays heading throughout the day today. day part forecast tells your story here. 58 degrees at noon inland. that means 68 degrees in the heat of the day. it will be comfortable for outdoor activity. 66 bayside. 63 at the coast. a storm system lurking. i'll let you know when that comes into play and when the rain returns and cold. weather whiplash on your seven

day. let's check your drive. >> weather whiplash. christina is talking about change. 101 picking up volume starting to increase just before 5:45 on a tuesday. volume more headlights here. map shows you not a major concern. we don't see a lot of slowing on sensors yet. speeds about 60 or just above for northbound commute routes. south of here looking at a new traffic hazard to report of a stall near redwood estates. large impact for one stalled vehicle. we'll track that. sounds like it's at the off-ramp for redwood estates. chp's latest update. i'll track that. no injuries. just a stall. we'll track it heading south. over toward fremont as well, 880 moves nicely southbound. we're getting more cars now but at the limit through fremont and down into milpitas. northbound with taillights past the truck scales and into hayward continuing through

oakland. we'll catch up with folks by the coliseum. both sides picking up volume. not having a problem with speeds. holding at the limit up toward the bay bridge toll plaza. and the lights there between the north and southbound side is just construction but this is not on freeway lanes. 880 does credit construction coming down through downtown south of 980. it's still going on there for another half hour. back to you. >> we'll get a better look at plans to develop the area near at&t park today. san francisco's port commission will discuss funding for the mission rock development project this afternoon. the commission hopes to have a financial term sheet approved by april clearing the way for giants to preparing for an environmental impact report. anchor brewing company said it will be the first tenant on the development at pier 48. a sign of the economic rebound in the south bay. a project put on the shelf during the downturn now coming back to life. we're talking about the revitalization plan in san jose. bob redell is in that

neighborhood right now and he has a look ahead at how this project is moving along. bob, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, jon. for years the stay of san jose wanted to redevelop what is an eyesore here in the center of its japan town. you look at a five to six acre plot of land that is just basically a concrete patch surrounded by a chain linked fence bordered by 6th, 7th, jackson and taylor streets. it used to be home to san francisco's chinatown. chinatown disappeared and the city corporation yard eventually took its place but that too went away leaving this concrete wasteland. later today they could take steps to bring the space back to life when council members decide to approve the basic redevelopment plans for this site and give the go ahead to continue talks with the developer. that developer williams and dane development would pay the city $24 million for this parcel and on it build retail space,

six-story apartment buildings with 600 units, green space for farmer's market and creative center for the arts. the city as you mentioned wanted to have this happen years ago but williams and dane pulled back when the recession hit. >> inevitably there have been challenges it making sure that whatever goes there works with the community. we've been working with the community and other neighborhood organizations now for six years to develop a vision that is both developable and compatible with the surrounding community. >> reporter: and the community of japan town wasn't initially hot to the idea of williams and dames initial plans when they wanted to build 12-story apartment buildings. people thought that would be too tall to an area typically with buildings in the four-story range. reporting live in japan town in san jose, bob redell, "today in

the bay." new images released of the last pictures of an east bay couple missing in peru. we'll show you them coming up. we continue to follow breaking news out of san jose where police are on the scene of a deadly hit and run. marla tellez gathering information. she'll have a live report coming up.

now to breaking news we're following this morning. a woman is dead after being hit by a car overnight and now san jose police are searching for the driver. "today in the bay's" marla tellez is live on the scene on monterey road and bellevue avenue with more on what happened out there. good morning, marla. >> reporter: laura, good morning. you can see it's a very active scene. crime scene investigators behind us on monterey road near bellevue avenue where this all happened. you can see the crime scene markers still out here. they're picking them up doing their thing. they say a woman was crossing

the street near monterey road and bellevue avenue when she was hit by a dark colored vehicle. so far no information is being released about the driver or the woman who was killed other than this person, the driver did not stop and just kept going. now police say it happened about 1:00 this morning. you can see a look at monterey road a portion of it is shut down with plenty of police officers on scene this morning. this happened about 1:00 this morning. they responded to a report of a traffic collision. they arrived to find the woman in the street. she was taken to the hospital where she was pronounced dead less than an hour later at 1:50 this morning. again, police have very little to go on other than they are looking for a dark colored vehicle. if you have information, call san jose police. you can report tips unanimously by calling silicon valley crime

stoppers. it's 408-947-stop or 7867. a portion of monterey boulevard is closed. they hope to have this scene cleared by 7:00 a.m. we'll see how that goes. live in san jose, marla tellez, "today in the bay." it sounds like an invasive surgery you try hard to avoid. sequestration. in layman's terms it's automatic cuts in the federal budget that will hit everything from education to the elderly and it goes into effect this friday if congress and the white house fail to reach a deal. despite the looming deadline, there are no meetings, no meetings scheduled for today. "today in the bay's" tracie potts is live on capitol hill this morning. that doesn't sound like progress. >> no meetings, no phone calls,

no negotiations, no compromise based on what we're hearing here in washington. nothing really in the works to stop these cuts from happening on friday. in fact, president obama is hitting the road today going to virginia to talk more about the impact of these cuts. republicans have been criticizing him saying he's campaigning instead of staying here trying to work things out. two sides are really far apart. there seems to be no good starting point especially at this late date and we are now getting a better sense of where the first cuts could hit. a lot of those who may be laid off or even furloughed may not see impact until early april. there are other things that could happen sooner like federal heating assistance in the midst of severe weather we've been having. food for new mothers may be scaled back a bit. construction money for school construction and even federally funded unemployment checks for those unemployed long te-term looking at a 10% cut in unemployment checks. we're starting to get a sense of

how communities around the country are preparing for this. >> tracie potts from washington, d.c., thank you for that update. janet napolitano will talk about how the department has responded to evolving threats today. she'll also discuss improvements made in emergency response efforts since hurricane katrina. napolitano will push congress to reach a budget deal to avoid sweeping automatic cuts in spending which could affect national security. the senate is moving slowly toward a vote on the president's choice for secretary of defense. the republicans stalling chuck hagel's nomination for 12 days now but signaled they would end delay tactics making way for a vote possibly today. it appears hagel would get necessary votes to be confirmed as secretary of defense. many republicans just don't like hagel calling him too critical of israel and too compromising

with iran. let's check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. it's 5:45. what are we in store for today? >> it is winter. >> do you need reminding? >> old man winter took off. do you know where he went? wichita, kansas, everybody. let's show you this video. they have a mean storm system and today we're expecting numerous flight delays and not just in the midwest. also in the deep south. they'll see quite a bit of snowfall in the midwest and deep south will deal with flooding. same system that brought us the rain last week blows up over the rockies. they'll deal with this today. make sure to check ahead throughout the day without delay with your carrier. these are places to check. wichita, st. louis, missouri, expecting delays here. chicago, atlanta, and d.c. as well. we'll continue to update you on this system. we'll track this closely for you. overall that's where the wintertime weather is.

for us we're at freezing. the people in midwest laugh at us when we say it's cold at 41. we get even more spoiled as we progress through the week. temperatures are going to climb even more so. you consider room temperatures around 72 degrees. that means you don't need the heater. you don't need ac perfection. that's where we are headed toward the end of the week. not shabby for today. major warmup thursday into friday. if you get days off to hit the beach, those are days to do so. high pressure called a big blocking ridge taking the storm track to our north and keep storm systems from coming into the bay area. the jet stream takes a dip to the south next week and on tuesday of next week the rain, the winterlike weather returns. we'll get spoiled but not for long. 68 degrees. enjoy today in livermore. 65 for fremont. 65 in beautiful san jose. getting into the middle of the week, with he keep on climbing. we peak on friday. at 75 degrees inland.

i like to point out we say inland, bayside and coast. we're trying to keep it generic for you. 75 in san jose. that means we could see the 80s in the warmest cities across the bay like livermore and gilroy. we'll keep you posted. 5:47. let's check your drive. good morning, mike. >> we'll look at the south bay in general right now as we saw about ten minutes ago the build for 101 northbound, volume really starting to kick in. we're seeing that stick around now north of 680 for north 101. also north 87 we're seeing a good volume of traffic and this stuck around as far as slowing goes for last five minutes or so. monterey road or monterey highway has slowing toward alma. bellevue is where marla did her report of that deadly crash investigation. monterey road and bellevue. monterey road and monterey highway overlap here. take alma or 87 and you can get

a great work around there because you want to avoid that intersection hopefully cleared by 7:00. marla is following that. we're showing you more trouble for your commute speeds westbound. you have an issue over here at north flynn a stall in the lanes and slowing over toward livermore coming through the tri-valley. by the time you get to dublin interchange, you still have good, heavy volume. 680 moves smoothly through pleasanton and into livermore. the ytself okay but 238 northbound starts to slow heading down toward the san mateo bridge. quick look at the toll plaza westbound for 92. there you go. smooth drive. at the bay bridge, just a few cars waiting for cash lanes. pretty standard. back to you. >> thank you very much. we now have what is believed to be the last known images of an east bay couple that vanished in peru. we found this clip on south american television showing surveillance video of garrett hand and jamie neal at a bus station in lima on january 26th. in november they embarked on a cycling trip through south

america. they've been chronicling that trip on facebook but as of january 25th, their online posts and bank activity just suddenly stopped. >> we're asking everyone. we need your help. somebody knows where garrett is. garrett and jamie neal. they know where they are. someone is with them somewhere so we need them to call us. we need them to come home. >> hand's family says it learned the couple may have boarded a boat for an amazon cruise. the state department recently issuing a travel warning that kidnappers may target american tourists in peru. a joy flight that lasted for days. bald eagle escaping a local zoo is finally home. we'll tell you what got him to come back. plus, how this happened. this car upside down on a roof in texas. they do it big. >> we'll take yogurt, dow industrials and europe and mix them into a story coming up.

welcome back. a live look outside. look at the full moon in all its glory out there. clear shot out there this morning. clear, cool temperatures to start our day. we'll check the forecast in a bit. 5:53. >> i would say mesmerizing. majestic. all of the above. apple trying to make nice with parents who are very angry their children ran up those big itune bills with in-game purchases. we've seen those. some parents got a real shock. >> when your 5 year old says can i buy a rainbow for your unicorns and you say go ahead, you didn't realize that would cost you a dollar. apple wants to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by some parents who did not realize the free apps would cost them money. apple told a federal court for northern district that it would

like to offer an itunes card to parents affected. those who got enormous bills could get cash. the court will make a decision on friday. also on friday, we hit the sequester. the markets acting very strangely. monday the dow came within reach of an all-time high even though we're days from big trouble. then right after peaking, the dow plunged more than 200 points. not because of washington but because of italy. italians had an election where very few people showed up and the election was so even not one party has a clear advantage. you have two major parties. neither with enough members to control parliament. so there's this third party run by a comedian and former yogurt pitchman. whatever way he leans is going to win. it's going to be a weak government, jon and laura. a coalition government. the concern is it won't have political will to crackdown on debt. that will drag the eurozone into a worst financial position.

that's how we combine the dow, italian politics, yogurt, the euro. all together. >> mix it up. >> it could be worse. it would be greek yogurt. >> i'm a big fan. >> healthy but tastes funky. we like our mixes. fruit and sprinkles and gummy bears. >> really? that surprises me. >> 5:55. time to check the forecast with meteorologist christina loren. a good day for yogurt. >> jon kelley is a froyo man. never would have known that. at the coast, 63 beautiful degrees today. we're still in winter. we're getting closer to spring. we have a return of winter next week. we'll talk about the storm system on the way to the bay area. how much rain we're expecting and how much snow in tahoe. first, let's check that traffic tuesday drive.

good morning, mike. >> good morning. we are beginning that stack at the bay bridge toll plaza. no metering lights but we have the stop lights. brake lights for cash lanes. fastrak has advantage for another ten minutes or so. then we'll see everybody have to stop at metering lights once they are turned on. approach slows a smooth drive through the maze. arrow marking the commute direction. we do have more slowing because there are more cars now through the tri-valley, livermore but still speeds in the mid 50s except for right here approaching north flynn out of the altamont. we have a pipe in the fast lane and stall in the center divide. two things to distract you. unrelated but slowing folks down. quick look out there to see how things are for the peninsula. no problems. back to you. it is 5:56 right now. a driver in houston, texas, simply lucky to be alive after his vehicle flips over and lands right on the roof of a house. look at this here. officers say he was allegedly speeding and then failed to make a curve.

his suv launched from an embarkment into the air and crashed off one house before resting upside down on the roof of the other one. neighbors thinking what in the heck happened here, henry? the driver was taken to the hospital. believe it or not, doing just fine this morning. investigators are right now looking to find out if maybe alcohol played a role in the crash. how often do you see a car being craned away from a scene? >> calling your insurance agent on that one. >> what do you say on that one? >> better get something. 5:57 right now. we continue to follow breaking news this morning. a major south bay road closed while police investigate a deadly hit-and-run. it could affect your drive to work. we'll have a live update next. plus, a fire in a care home on the east bay sends at least one person to the hospital. ♪

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deadly drop. the fire and explosion that sent a sky high hot air balloon crashing to the ground just ahead. a street attack on an elderly man in san francisco turns deadly. new details about why a newspaper vendor was targeted just ahead. a woman killed by a car overnight and now the driver is on the loose. we'll tell you what we're learning about a hit-and-run investigation that just happened in the south bay. we're headed toward the warmest stretch of weather this year so far. don't put away the long underwear just yet. a storm system lurks. we'll let you know when that comes into play. as we get ready for traffic tuesday, we have a new crash in oakland. i'll give your 880 impact coming up. right now a live look outside. look at those skies feeling and looking very crisp and clear over san francisco. christina loren says the clear skies will rain down sunshine on us on this tuesday, february 26th. this is "today in the bay."

good tuesday morning to you. thanks for joining us. i'm laura garcia-cannon. >> i'm jon kelley. good morning, everybody. we have a developing story to tell you about in egypt where 19 foreign tourists are dead after a fire and explosion sends a hot air balloon crashing right to the ground more than 300 miles south of cairo. that balloon was 1,000 feet up in the air when it suddenly fell into a sugar cane field. we can also tell you two survivors now remain hospitalized. among those 19 killed in that accident, tourists from france, britain, china and japan. 6:01. also new this morning, israeli police say a rocket fired into israel from the gaza strip has damaged a road. no one was injured. this is the first time a rocket fired from gaza has landed in israel since fighting along the border last november.